Understanding spatial and temporal variability in Supraglacial Lakes on an Antarctic Ice Shelf:A 31-year study of George VI

• Main Author: Barnes, Thomas
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Lancaster University 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Buttress; High Lake; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/147999/; https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/147999/1/2020barnesMRes.pdf; https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1111

Floating ice shelves cover ~1.5million km2 of Antarctica’s area, and are important as they buttress land ice, which limits sea level rise. In recent years, several such Antarctic ice shelves have collapsed or retreated. Supraglacial lakes are linked to warm periods and influence the stability of ice...